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Kinus

LIVE: Watch The Kinus

Tune in to watch the grand event of the annual conference of Shluchim which is taking place this year on a custom built virtual platform.

By Staff Writer

November 15, 2020

Kinus

Annual International Conference of Chabad Shluchim Opens Today

The 34th Annual International Conference of Chabad Shluchim opens today with 5,200 emissaries participating. Instead of taking place in New York this year, the four-day…

By Ashira Weiss

November 12, 2020

New Centers

Planting Jewish Seeds in Atwater

Jonathan found a surprise on his doorstep. The sixty-year-old resident of Atwater Village, a suburb to the northeast of Los Angeles examined the gift basket…

By Ashira Weiss

November 10, 2020

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: Rabbi In A Costume

The strange, funny and meaningful things that happen out in the trenches as Chabad representatives go about their business . . .

By Staff Writer

November 9, 2020

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Making G-d Personal

I had an hour and a half interview with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in 2014. As he responded to my questions, the editor in me marveled.…

By Baila Olidort

November 9, 2020

Statement

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, 72

Statement by Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky The global Chabad-Lubavitch movement mourns the passing, Shabbat morning, of the former chief rabbi of Great Britain, Lord Jonathan (Yaakov…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

November 7, 2020

History

Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621)

20 Cheshvan: Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621).

By Staff Writer

November 6, 2020

Shluchim

Highest Civilian Honor For Chabad Rep in Kosovo

Chief Rabbi of Albania and Chabad representative to Thessaloniki and the Lower Balkans Rabbi Yoel Kaplan received a surprise award from Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi…

By Ashira Weiss

November 4, 2020

Shluchim

Bissli, Bamba and Bolognese Warm a Mother’s Heart

Ayelet Mamo Shay was feeling helpless. The Israeli businesswoman and author who lives in Gibraltar got word that her son, a university student in London,…

By Ashira Weiss

October 28, 2020

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: “Bubby” In Virginia

The strange, funny and meaningful things that happen out in the trenches as Chabad representatives go about their business . . .

By Staff Writer

October 28, 2020

New Centers

New Shluchim To Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Rabbi Mendel and Esty Khutoretsky established a Chabad center on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. They joined the team of Chabad of Rural and…

By Staff Writer

October 27, 2020

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

Interview: Subliminally Speaking

Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz, a towering figure of Jewish scholarship, became world renowned for his groundbreaking work: the translation of the Babylonian Talmud from Aramaic…

By Baila Olidort

October 26, 2020

Australia

Perth, Australia: Where the Swan River Meets the Southwest Coast

One afternoon in early September, four young men stepped onto Trigg Beach, a haven for surfers just north of Perth, Australia. A spring storm was…

By Sarah Ogince

October 26, 2020

Statement

Chabad Explores Opening New Centers in Muslim Countries

With the growing normalization between Muslim countries and Israel, we can expect to see a significant increase in the number of Jewish travelers and businesspeople…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

October 26, 2020

Judaism

Ancient Scroll Sparks New Journey For Iranian Teen

It was about thirty years ago when an old Sephardic Jew named David Abtan walked into my office and said ‘Rabbi, I need a favor…

By Ashira Weiss

October 25, 2020

Education

A Quiet Moment

It is a typical, bustling morning at a middle school in Camarillo, California, and the students are about to take an algebra quiz. But first,…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

October 21, 2020

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: I Spy In Frisco

The door opened up a tiny crack. “Sorry, not interested,” said the gentleman on the other side.

By Staff Writer

October 21, 2020

New Centers

New Shluchim To West Bel Air, California

Rabbi Mendy and Dobie Mentz were recently appointed to establish a Chabad community in West Bel Air, Los Angeles.

By Ashira Weiss

October 20, 2020

Talmud

Talmud Teasers: Tishrei Tractates

How's your knowledge of the Talmud? Test yourself with these Talmud Teasers.

By Staff Writer

October 19, 2020

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: Flood Catastrophe At Chabad

Soon the water began seeping into the hall. By 5:45 it was rising to levels that seemed unsafe

By Staff Writer

October 15, 2020

Shluchim

A Searching Teenager Becomes Rabbi to His Hometown

One afternoon in the mid-nineties, an unaffiliated teenager from Krefeld, Germany, signed onto his AOL account to find G-d. He typed the words “rabbi” and…

By Dvora Lakein

October 14, 2020

Military

Chabad Rabbi Becomes Colorado National Guard’s First Jewish Chaplain

At a small, socially distanced ceremony held last week in Colorado, Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik made history as he became the Colorado Army National Guard’s first-ever…

By Ashira Weiss

October 14, 2020

New Centers

Cranberry Township, On The Precipice Of A Jewish Future

New Shluchim bring Jewish community to Pittsburgh suburb

By Ashira Weiss

October 13, 2020

Rebbe

An Interview with the Rebbe’s Doctor – Dr. Ira Weiss

Dr. Ira Weiss, Senior Attending Cardiologist at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL, was called in to attend to the Lubavitcher Rebbe after he suffered a…

By Baila Olidort

October 12, 2020

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Chabad Lubavitch HQ @Lubavitch

January 22, 2021 4:14pm
In honor of 10 Shevat, the day that marks 70 years since the Rebbe assumed the mantle of Chabad leadership, we share reflections on the Rebbe’s iconic leadership culled from interviews with thinkers and scholars who had direct experience with the Rebbe.
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Chabad Lubavitch HQ @Lubavitch

January 21, 2021 2:12pm
The worldwide family of Chabad Lubavitch emissaries is devastated by the passing this morning of our dear beloved colleague Rabbi Yehuda Dukes, 39.
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